Dumlupınar

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Dumlupınar is a town in western Turkey best known as the decisive battlefield where Turkish forces secured victory in the 1922 Great Offensive of the Turkish War of Independence.

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Dumlupınar canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
town
administrativeDivisionOf Dumlupınar District
administrativeStatus district center
associatedWithLeader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
İsmet İnönü
battleResult Turkish victory
climate continental climate
commemoratedOn 30 August Victory Day ceremonies
country Turkey
countrySubdivision Kütahya Province
countrySubdivisionType province
dateOfMajorBattle 1922
hasCemetery Dumlupınar Martyrs’ Memorial
surface form: Dumlupınar Martyrs’ Cemetery
hasMemorial Dumlupınar Martyrs’ Memorial
hasNearbyCity Afyonkarahisar
Kütahya
hasRoadConnectionTo Afyonkarahisar
Kütahya
historicalEventLocation Battle of Dumlupınar
Great Offensive
knownFor Battle of Dumlupınar
Great Offensive of 1922
decisive battle of the Turkish War of Independence
languageSpoken Turkish
locatedIn Kütahya Province
locatedInContinent Asia
Europe
locatedInRegion Western Anatolia
memorialDayAssociated 30 August Victory Day
namedAfter Battle of Dumlupınar
opposingForcesInBattle Greek Army
Turkish National Forces
partOf Aegean Region
surface form: Aegean Region of Turkey
partOfConflict Turkish War of Independence
relatedConflict Turkish War of Independence
surface form: Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
significance symbol of Turkish independence
strategicImportance decisive point in expulsion of Greek forces from Anatolia
terrain plateau
rolling hills
timeZone TRT
tourismType battlefield tourism
memorial tourism
utcOffset +03:00

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Great Offensive location Dumlupınar
Büyük Taarruz location Dumlupınar
Kütahya Province contains Dumlupınar